Disablement

dis·a·ble  (ds-bl)

tr.v. dis·a·bled, dis·a·bling, dis·a·bles

1. To deprive of capability or effectiveness, especially to impair the physical abilities of.

2. Law To render legally disqualified.

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dis·able·ment n.

dis·abling adj.

dis·abling·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

disablement - the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" disability, handicap, impairment bandy leg, bandyleg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara, bow leg - a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) anorgasmia - absence of an orgasm in sexual relations dysphasia - an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage unfitness, softness - poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury) disability of walking - a disability that interferes with or prevents walking astasia - inability to stand due to muscular incoordination amputation - a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs hearing disorder, hearing impairment - impairment of the sense of hearing dysomia - impairment of the sense of smell vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment - impairment of the sense of sight descensus, prolapse, prolapsus - the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) hypesthesia, hypoesthesia - impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity genu valgum, knock-knee, tibia valga - an inward slant of the thigh pigeon toes - disability in which the toes are turned inward; often associated with knock-knee bandy legs, bow leg, bow legs - outward curvature of the legs disintegration - a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system; "a disintegration of personality"